All Elite Wrestling Presents: Friday Night Rampage 3 June 22. CM Punk will relinquish title due to injury*

[slik]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I’ll be on <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/AEWRampage?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#AEWRampage</a> live tonight with an important announcement in regards to the <a href="https://twitter.com/AEW?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@aew</a> world championship, and my career. Please tune in at 9pm CST/10pm EST.</p>&mdash; player/coach (@CMPunk) <a href="https://twitter.com/CMPunk/status/1532878637338243072?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 4, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

[Supreme Olajuwon]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I’ll be on <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/AEWRampage?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#AEWRampage</a> live tonight with an important announcement in regards to the <a href="https://twitter.com/AEW?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@aew</a> world championship, and my career. Please tune in at 9pm CST/10pm EST.</p>&mdash; player/coach (@CMPunk) <a href="https://twitter.com/CMPunk/status/1532878637338243072?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 4, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

*maybe

[Triple A]

:wtf:

[Triple A]

Hope he isn't quitting wrestling forever due to everyone being really mean to him :(

[Triple A]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Those that I've spoken to say CM Punk was backstage talking about his foot being hurt Wednesday.<br><br>I do not know if this is the announcement or related to it, and haven't heard if or how much time he'd miss. If true, hope he heals up soon</p>&mdash; Sean Ross Sapp of Fightful.com (@SeanRossSapp) <a href="https://twitter.com/SeanRossSapp/status/1532882555447521287?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 4, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

[erickman]

damn 1st matt cardona now punk.

[#1-norm-fan]

If the injury is serious and he’s gotta take significant time off, they should run a tournament and put the title on Danielson. If the plan is to have MJF take the title, they wouldn’t really have to change the story. Ex-WWE guy that Tony paid a lot of money to and all.

[Jordan]

If the injury is serious and he’s gotta take significant time off, they should run a tournament and put the title on Danielson. If the plan is to have MJF take the title, they wouldn’t really have to change the story. Ex-WWE guy that Tony paid a lot of money to and all.

Yeah you're probably right. You could always have Punk challenge MJF upon his return.

[Destor]

Top guy...company on his shoulders. the jobs of hundreds of people could hang in the balance. you figure out a way to do business before you go home. this tweets just an ad.

[Jordan]

Crowd SO HOT

[slik]

Red hot crowd

[Triple A]

Damn @ Young Bucks abandoning their absurd look and going back 2 normal from now on I guess

[Triple A]

Wish Ricky Starks wouldn't clap into the mic on commentary

[Triple A]

Keeps clapping into the mic over and over after every Young Bucks offensive move... wtf

[Triple A]

MJF REMOVED FROM AEW TV OPENING

By Mike Johnson on 2023-06-03 20:03:00

MJF has been removed from the opening of tonight's AEW Rampage TV episode.

We are also told that he will be removed from the opening of AEW Dynamite and any other AEW broadcasts.

going all out

[Triple A]

match returns from commercial and Ricky Starks is immediately clapping into the mic... h8 him more than Vic Joseph on commentary, the worst

[Triple A]

wow @ Fenix attack to the outside

[Wehttam]

i think that's adam cole, trips

[Triple A]

Why does Starks even love the Young Bucks so much suddenly, nonsensical

[Triple A]

i think that's adam cole, trips

lol oh didn't realize he was on commentary

Thank you, makes more sense

was getting pissed off.......

[slik]

I wish Tazz was on commentary during Dynamite too

[Jordan]

I think it's Adam Cole, Tazz, Exalibur & Jericho

[Jordan]

This is fucking crazy!

[Supreme Olajuwon]

This match is retarded

I love it

[Triple A]

Great match!

That cage match they had was 1 of the best matches I've ever seen...

[slik]

h8 the bucks

lucha bros 4 life

[Triple A]

every commercial is some "ASMR" shit with ppl making eating or drinking sounds these days!!!!!!! Feeling riled up rn... need to take it easy

[Triple A]

damn, Kiera Hogan hot... giant ass

[Triple A]

Hope Kiera Hogan wins........

[slik]

glad rampage is 1 hr and not 2

[slik]

Punk looks sad, oh no

[Triple A]

damn

[slik]

Damn

[Triple A]

Bummer

[erickman]

at least he plans to come back

[slik]

That sucks

[BigCrippyZ]

Really shitty timing but at least it’s not apparently so far potentially career ending. Hopefully it doesn’t become career ending later on. Really curious to see where things go from here.

[Triple A]

nobody gonna be paying attention to this match, too bummed out

Possibly wouldn't have cared anyway though due to boring Scorpio Sky

[xrodmuc316]

But I thought he was a super tough real athlete and a certified at life badass?? HOW COULD THIS BE?!?!?!

[Triple A]

Moxley's gonna be the "interim champ" I guess

[Supreme Olajuwon]

I didn’t hear a thing Excalibur just said about the championship. Slowwwwww dowwwwwwnnnnnn

[xrodmuc316]

They are doing another interim champion gimmick? Why not, let everybody have a belt...

[Sting Fan]

Wait… so winner of battle Royale and Mox is interim champ? Or they go on to Forbidden door to face someone?

[Lock Jaw]

They should hold the title in abeyance

[Supreme Olajuwon]

Hope Tanahashi wins the battle royale

[slik]

that was kanefusing

is the battle royal winner vs moxley happening as the main event of dynamite or at forbidden door

[Supreme Olajuwon]

Probably will be MJF

[Supreme Olajuwon]

Because Punk isn’t actually injured

[Supreme Olajuwon]

And they want to hotshot the belt onto MJF

[Supreme Olajuwon]

But they want to save the big Punk MJF match for the big PPV

[Supreme Olajuwon]

Tony Khan you madman

[#1-norm-fan]

They should hold the title in abeyance

Just for a while. Then give it to the winner of a verbal evisceration battle.

[Supreme Olajuwon]

The haters are in shambles

[xrodmuc316]

How come Kenny Omega dragged his body through his whole title reign, and held off having like 8 surgeries until he finished his run, yet BITW Most Dangerous Phil on the Planet cracks a few metatarsal bones and he is quitting after being champ for 5 days, hmmmmm????

I like pickles

Nice edit weirdos

[#1-norm-fan]

If the injury is serious and he’s gotta take significant time off, they should run a tournament and put the title on Danielson. If the plan is to have MJF take the title, they wouldn’t really have to change the story. Ex-WWE guy that Tony paid a lot of money to and all.

Battle royal to open up Dynamite. Winner will face #1 contender Jon Moxley for the Interim AEW World Championship in the main event of Forbidden Door live on PPV on Sunday, June 26. CM Punk has not relinquished the AEW World Championship.

… BCC ABOUT TO EXPLODE!!!

[slik]

hope the ryback debuts and defeats jon moxley

[#1-norm-fan]

(I said BCC. Calm down, RP.)

[slik]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The way this was all announced has been an utter disaster. Excalibur trying to call a match and make a major announcement for Dynamite at the same time didn’t help. <br><br>Just make sure that title match at Forbidden Door is actually an AEW vs NJPW match. Goodbye.<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/AEWRampage?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#AEWRampage</a></p>&mdash; TranquiloClubYT (@TranquiloClubYT) <a href="https://twitter.com/TranquiloClubYT/status/1532922214684708865?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 4, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

[Triple A]

Feel like they prob should have trimmed a few mins off of the 15 minute Kiera Hogan vs. Ember Moon match with all of the shit they had to rush through

[slik]

i am so confused

https://i.postimg.cc/VLPHYncJ/FUYKyq-YX0-AAg-G8-N.jpg

[Triple A]

thought "oh god..." @ potential Adam Cole vs. Jon Moxley match for the interim title

[Triple A]

that was kanefusing

is the battle royal winner vs moxley happening as the main event of dynamite or at forbidden door

wtf confusing ass wording in the graphic so maybe the match is happening on dynamite?? wtf

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FUYLy8iX0AAqaTh?format=jpg&name=900x900

[Triple A]

rewatching it now to try to get clarification

[slik]

thought "oh god..." @ potential Adam Cole vs. Jon Moxley match for the interim title

just felt 'extreme dread' at thought of Adam Cole as interim champ

[Triple A]

ok yeah

the winner of the battle royal will face Jon Moxley in the main event of DYNAMITE

Then the winner of that match will go on to compete for the interim championship against someone else at Forbidden Door...

[Wehttam]

BR winner vs mox on dynamite. winner gets tana at forbidden door for the interim belt.

editz: ok you got it

[#1-norm-fan]

Was Tanahashi vs Punk going to be for the title?

[Triple A]

Yeah that was implied, but the match was never officially announced

[slik]

Time for Paul Wight to tape up his fists

[Triple A]

damn, wonder if he broke his foot doing the jump into the crowd on Wednesday... kinda looks like he's limping afterwards

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">.<a href="https://twitter.com/CMPunk?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@CMPunk</a>, the AEW World Champion has arrived to <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/AEWDynamite?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#AEWDynamite</a> <a href="https://t.co/DKc0oXoyP7">pic.twitter.com/DKc0oXoyP7</a></p>&mdash; AEW on TV (@AEWonTV) <a href="https://twitter.com/AEWonTV/status/1532150960121954305?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 2, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

[slik]

Things on SD must be real rough too because I can't think of anyone who was clammoring for this feud


<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Natalya becomes number one contender to WWE SmackDown Women's title <a href="https://t.co/bcrEDpiZZp">https://t.co/bcrEDpiZZp</a> <a href="https://t.co/8neGxebP3F">pic.twitter.com/8neGxebP3F</a></p>&mdash; Wrestling Observer (@WONF4W) <a href="https://twitter.com/WONF4W/status/1532930034045812736?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 4, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

[slik]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">THIS WEDNESDAY on <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/AEWDynamite?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#AEWDynamite</a> at 8/7c on TBS, we’ll kick things off with a Battle Royale to determine who faces #1 contender <a href="https://twitter.com/JonMoxley?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@JonMoxley</a> in the Dynamite main event. The winner of Dynamite’s main event goes on to <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ForbiddenDoor?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ForbiddenDoor</a> to challenge for the Interim <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/AEW?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#AEW</a> World Championship! <a href="https://t.co/xWqt9q1BlO">pic.twitter.com/xWqt9q1BlO</a></p>&mdash; All Elite Wrestling (@AEW) <a href="https://twitter.com/AEW/status/1532935355724206081?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 4, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

[Lock Jaw]

WDEDY
ENSAS

[Vastardikai]

#AEWTF

[Fox]

damn, wonder if he broke his foot doing the jump into the crowd on Wednesday... kinda looks like he's limping afterwards

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">.<a href="https://twitter.com/CMPunk?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@CMPunk</a>, the AEW World Champion has arrived to <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/AEWDynamite?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#AEWDynamite</a> <a href="https://t.co/DKc0oXoyP7">pic.twitter.com/DKc0oXoyP7</a></p>&mdash; AEW on TV (@AEWonTV) <a href="https://twitter.com/AEWonTV/status/1532150960121954305?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 2, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

I think it was during his botched hot tag during the 6-man that led to the end of the match.

If you watch it back he goes for his usual springboard clothesline but slips on the top rope and lands pretty hard with all of his weight on his left foot and kind of winces in pain. He was able to finish the match but at the end you can see it on his face that something isn't right.

Also noticing that literally as soon as the bell rings he starts pulling at the foot covering on his left foot and then removes it and it stays removed for the rest of that segment.

Sucks man. Hope he comes back soon.

[Sepholio]

So can someone explain to me why Mox is being treated as the number 1 contender when AEWs own rankings have multiple people above him?

[erickman]

Things on SD must be real rough too because I can't think of anyone who was clammoring for this feud




yeah i wanted shana vs ronda battle of the horsewomen

[weather vane]

lol oh didn't realize he was on commentary

Thank you, makes more sense

was getting pissed off.......

lolllllllllllllllllllllllll

[#1-norm-fan]

So can someone explain to me why Mox is being treated as the number 1 contender when AEWs own rankings have multiple people above him?

Really they’re just avoiding Wardlow taking a loss but I’m guessing the kayfabe excuse will be that his main event win on last week’s Dynamite catapulted him to #1 based on “win quality”.

[Sepholio]

I dunno, I don't think you have to book Wardlow to lose personally. Have him win the interim vs whoever at forbidden door and have him go over Punk when he comes back. Can work in the angle with MJF wanting a shot too via claiming he laid down for Wardlow because Tony told him to and even when he's pissed he has enough respect to show up and do what the boss says because that's the job.

[XL]

Ugh. Too much shoot for me. It’s one thing to be complaining about pay/position but that’s too much.

[XL]

Really they’re just avoiding Wardlow taking a loss but I’m guessing the kayfabe excuse will be that his main event win on last week’s Dynamite catapulted him to #1 based on “win quality”.

This is where they haven’t really explained how they work it out. It’s a straight win-loss record deal, they’ve never to my knowledge said there’s any difference in a win in Dark vs a win on Dynamite, vs a win in the Main Event of Dynamite, vs a win on PPV/in a title match/main event of a PPV. If they were doing that it’d be closer to a “Power Ranking” deal where they could justify Mox being #1 contender.

[#1-norm-fan]

I definitely remember an explanation early on (maybe from Cody) that rankings aren't strictly based on wins/losses but quality as well ala an AP poll.

[XL]

That’s fine. Doesn’t take away from the fact that Mox isn’t top of the rankings and is the #1 contender. Like, they’ve created an “out” to put whoever at the top of the rankings but they haven’t done that. It’s just weird and undermines the point. They might as well have divisional rankings so that if you want to book Wardlow to win every match he can sit at the top of the TNT Championship rankings rather than them having to ignore they’re own internal logic to get to where they want to be.

[Lock Jaw]

Another reason to get rid of their rankings altogether....

[#1-norm-fan]

That’s fine. Doesn’t take away from the fact that Mox isn’t top of the rankings and is the #1 contender. Like, they’ve created an “out” to put whoever at the top of the rankings but they haven’t done that. It’s just weird and undermines the point. They might as well have divisional rankings so that if you want to book Wardlow to win every match he can sit at the top of the TNT Championship rankings rather than them having to ignore they’re own internal logic to get to where they want to be.

He is at the top of the latest rankings.

https://www.allelitewrestling.com/post/official-aew-rankings-as-of-june-3-2022

[#1-norm-fan]

Another reason to get rid of their rankings altogether....

It does put them in a situation where they have to explain away certain things like why the #1 guy isn’t the next one challenging for the belt. They might be better off ditching it altogether or just making it an outside poll voted on by “the wrestling press” so that they don’t have to adhere to it strictly but guys can still occasionally point to it as a reason they deserve a shot.

I just don’t think this specific situation is all THAT egregious.

[XL]

He is at the top of the latest rankings.

https://www.allelitewrestling.com/post/official-aew-rankings-as-of-june-3-2022

That’s fair enough then :lol:

[Sepholio]

So I guess Goto v Tanahashi takes place on 6/12 for NJPW and the winner of that will be the challenger for their side for the interim title. Mox v Tanahashi looking pretty likely.

[Sepholio]

watch us get some curveball like Goto v Jungle Boy

[#1-norm-fan]

Fuck it. Whoever wins it won’t actually have their reign recognized once Punk comes back and takes it anyway. Have some fun with it.

Bring on Champhausen.

[Sepholio]

Dude if Danhausen is the champhausen when I go to Dynamite next month I will never ever say another bad word about Tony Khan ever again.

[Vastardikai]

So I guess Goto v Tanahashi takes place on 6/12 for NJPW and the winner of that will be the challenger for their side for the interim title. Mox v Tanahashi looking pretty likely.

I think Goto gets the upset. No way they let their former Ace take an L against anyone from AEW, unless its Punk or Omega. And for some reason, Punk isn't in consideration and Omega doesn't know which way is up.

[Destor]

regarding win/loss records: if gabe couldnt get them over no way kahm can

[xrodmuc316]

Danhausen can win the title just by pointing and putting a curse on his opponent and nothing more, and he would still be a more credible champ than Phillip.

[Maluco]

Wrestling is all about the drama and presentation. It’s not a real sport like the UFC. If someone gets injured you move on and keep the stakes alive. Nobody cares about a fake champion in wrestling.

Punk is older, beat up, he’s not an athlete and needs surgery. He might not be good for a long time. You have to strip him and move on. You get a free and easy to write program if he comes back.

[Mr. Nerfect]

This fucking company.

[Vastardikai]

This fucking company.

Like I said, #AEWTF...

[Mr. Nerfect]

Wouldn’t surprise me if Punk’s doneskies. He was always one bad bump away from deciding not to do this anyway.